Knitted neck for garments



1. c. LANG.

KNITTED NECK FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG--22. [9 19.

1,404,305, Patented Jan. 24, 1922'.

flwaniofi PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. LANG, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.-

KNITTED NECK FOR GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Application filed August 22, 1919. Serial No. 319,114.

To all 'LO/LOWL it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. LANG, a citizen of the United States, residingat Minne-. apolis, in the county of Hennepin and btate' of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knitted Necks for Garments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved knitted collar for sweaters, vests, and coats, and similar garments, and to such ends generally stated the invention consists of the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

Hitherto, garments of the above character have been provided with knitted collars, but it has been the general practice to make such collars with the webs running vertically thereof, that is, with the stitches built up in a vertical direction or transversely of the longitudinal direction or length of the colla-r. Such old arrangement gives to collars very great longitudinal elasticity, because as it is well known, knitted wear has but little elasticity, longitudinally of its webs or the direction in which it is built up, but has very great lateral elasticity in a direction transversely of its webs.

Also, in accordance with my inven tion, the ends of the collar are formed by bending the webs at the ends of the collar so that they curve down to the lower edge 'of the collar and are inserted between, or

otherwise fastened to the'body of the vest, thereby leaving the collar with a very neat and finished appearance at those portions that are arranged to overlap.

The invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the collar applied to a vest, viewing the same from the front;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation, showing one end portion of the collar;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective showing the opposite side end portion of the collar and a portion of the vest turned to the right, or partly inside out; and

Fig.4 is a perspective with some parts sectioned on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The body of the vest is indicated as an entirety by the numeral 5. At its front, the vest is provided with the customary button holes 6 and buttons 7.

The knitted-collar is indicated as an entirety by the numeral 8. The collar is made double, that is, is made by folding a knitted strip transversely of the webs. The webs of the knitted collar, as already stated, and as clearly shown in the drawings, run longitudinally of the collar, that is, the collar is built up or knitted in a direction longitudinally of the collar. The edges of the knitted strip are brought together at the bottom of the collar and are interposed between and stitched to the neck of the vest, preferably as shown at 9. The ends of the collar formed by this knitted strip are bent and are curved downward so that the ends of the webs are turned to the lower edge of the collar and these downturned ends of the webs, like the rest of the lower edge of the collar, are interposed between and stitched to the neck of the vest. This gives the collar a very neat appearance and affords the very best kind of means for securing the ends of the webs to the collar. Otherwise stated, it leaves the collar with its entire exposed edge formed by the webs at the folded portion of the knitted strip.

To afford means for securing the collar at its front portion, one end of the collar is shown as provided with a snap fastener socket 10, and the other with a co-operating snap fastener head or stud 11. These fastener elements 10 and 11 are shown as directly appliedto reinforcing strips 10 and 11 of muslin or similar materials suitably stitched to the collar as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

To give the collar a little greater elasticity at its upper edge, the stitches at the central portions of the collar forming strip, to wit at that portion that will form the upper edge of the collar when the strip is fol ed, are made looser than the other stitches, as indicated at 8 While the loose stitches at the upper portion of the collar are not absolutely essential, nevertheless they are highly per edge of the collar being looser than those in the main body of the collar.

2. The combination with a garment, of a knitted collar therefor, said collar being formed by a knitted stripfolded upon itself and having its webs extended longitudinally of said collar, the ends of the collar being curved downward so that its webs extend to the. bottom or lower edge of the collar and are secured to the garment, the stitches at the exposed upper edge of the collar being looser than those in the body of the collar.

8. The combination with a garment, of a knitted collar therefor, said collar being formed by a knitted strip folded upon itself and having its webs extended longitudinally of said collar, the ends of the collar being curved downward so that its webs extend to the bottom or lower edge of the collar and are secured to the garment, the stitches at the exposed upper edge of the collar being looser than. those in the body of the collar,

the said collar at its curved end portion having co-operating snap-fastening elements.

Signedat Minneapolis in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, U. S. An, this 13th day of August, 1919.

JOHN C. LANG.

In the presence ofr lVINIFRED I. HARD, HARRY D. KILeonE. 

